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Post by Jim on Sept 23, 2010 11:50:03 GMT
And so we come to the final Brian Keene novel with Leisure Publishing, so is a fitting end to an era?
Welcome to Brinkley Springs, a small nowhere town that is slowly dying, that is until five ancient demonic beings who take on the shape of a crow, descend one night. The slow death soon turns into a quick and horrific death, as the locals shut off from the rest of the world are picked off in ever more gruesome ways. Enter Levi Stoltzfus, ex Amish magician and one of the final lines of defence our world has against the denizens of the great beyond.
Let it be said that I have been a long time fan of the writing of Mr Keene, however lately his last few novels, have left me feeling a tad disappointed. It's not to say they have been badly written, Keene has an easy to read style that keeps the pages turning. Which in a novel is a good thing. It's just that there seems to be little substance to his stories. This along with Ghost Walk, which was the previous outing for Levi Stoltzfus, to me anyway, feel like short stories expanded and padded out to novel length. By the time you take away all of the killings, there is not much left to this story.
I fear I may have outgrown Keene, which is a pity as his earlier novels are great examples of horror fiction.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Sept 23, 2010 12:50:29 GMT
And so we come to the final Brian Keene novel with Leisure Publishing, so is a fitting end to an era? Welcome to Brinkley Springs, a small nowhere town that is slowly dying, that is until five ancient demonic beings who take on the shape of a crow, descend one night. The slow death soon turns into a quick and horrific death, as the locals shut off from the rest of the world are picked off in ever more gruesome ways. Enter Levi Stoltzfus, ex Amish magician and one of the final lines of defence our world has against the denizens of the great beyond. Let it be said that I have been a long time fan of the writing of Mr Keene, however lately his last few novels, have left me feeling a tad disappointed. It's not to say they have been badly written, Keene has an easy to read style that keeps the pages turning. Which in a novel is a good thing. It's just that there seems to be little substance to his stories. This along with Ghost Walk, which was the previous outing for Levi Stoltzfus, to me anyway, feel like short stories expanded and padded out to novel length. By the time you take away all of the killings, there is not much left to this story. I fear I may have outgrown Keene, which is a pity as his earlier novels are great examples of horror fiction. Thanks for this, Jim. I picked up The Rising from a charity shop a few weeks back and that's on my TBR pile. Is it any good? BTW - is in Gathering of Crows that SD Hintz and Jerrod Balzer meet their untimely (but well-deserved!) ends? ;D
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Sept 23, 2010 12:53:48 GMT
I picked up The Rising from a charity shop a few weeks back and that's on my TBR pile. Is it any good? What? I've read a book that Ade hasn't!!!! Someone call the tabloids.... 'The Rising', ''City of the Dead' et al...they're alright. Not really anything very original or groundbreaking. Basically paint-by-numbers zombie fiction. Worth a read though.
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Post by Jim on Sept 23, 2010 13:28:34 GMT
Yeah pretty much what DLS said, I need to rewrite that last sentence, great is way too strong a word. I was trying to finish on a high, we all know how mob hungry his fans are
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